SENATOR PENROSE
PUSSES SIOENL*
SENIOR SENATOR FROM PENN
SYLVANIA SUCCUMBS TO AT
TACK OF HEART FAILURE.
FELC out of chair to floor
Died Shortly Before Midnight Last
of Year Before Doctor Could
Reach Him.
Washington. —; Senator Boise I'en-1
roße, one of, this leading republicans
of the nation, died here Just before J
midnight from an attack of heart I
failure. The senator was sitting be-1
side his bed when he suddenly fell j
off a chair to the floor. His personal [
phyßiclan, I)r. Koy Adams, was in |
the room with him and, when the i
doctor, reached his side, the senator ,
was dead.
No members of the family win:
present.
Senator Penrose had been 01 with I
a heavy cold for a week. His death |
however,, was entirely unexpected as j
he had been able to walk about his \
room during the day.
Death came at 11:30 o'clock.
The senator was stricken In his
private apartolent at the Wardman
Park. Hotel, one of Washington's!
Fnost fashionable hostleries.
The International News Service
was informed of the senator's death
by Dr. Hoy Adams, the senator's phy
sician.
The senator seemed to
easily," said Dr. Adams. "He had
been about the room during the day
and was sitting beside his bed. He
was apparently In good spirits as we
liild been talking about the New
Year's celebration, which had Just
started. The senator suddenly fell
slrlewlse on the bed and slipped to the
floor. When 1 reached his side he
was dead.''
64 Die at Mob's Hands.
Tuskegee, Ala. — Sixty-four persons
were lynched during 1921, according
to figures of the Tuskegee institute,
which were made public In its an
nual report on the subject. The fig
ures compared with lyAchlngs In
1920, and. according to the Institute,
brought the total number of mob
victims to 4.096 in the 36 years' pe
riod since 1885."
Law officers prevented lynchings In
72 Instances, the report declared,
eight of these being In northern
states and 64 In the south. Armed
forces were used to repel six would
be lynching expeditions.
Sixty-two of the mob victims dur
ing the year were lynched In south
ern states, the report declared. Four
were burned to death and three were
put to death and their bodies burned.
The charges against those burned to
death were murder and criminal as
sault and murder.
The others were charged as fol
lows:
Murder, 11; attempted murder,
threfe; wounding men, four; furnish
ing ammunition to man resisting ar
rest, two; criminal assault, 15; at
tempted criminal assault, three; kill
ing men In altercation, four; no spe
cial charge, three; leaders in race
clash, two; charge not reported, 3;
assisting man to escape who had kill
ed an officer of law, one; making Im
jjiroper reninrks to woman, one;
'"threatening to kill another, one; ex
tering young woman's room, one; in
sulting woman, One: writing note to
woman, one; attacking a man and
woman, one.
The states In which lvnchlngs oc
curred anil the number in each state
as set forth In the report follows:
Alabama. 2; Arkansas. 6; Florida,
6; Georgia. 11; Kentucky, 1; Louis
iana. 6: Mississippi, 14; Missouri, 1;
North Carolina. 4; South Carolina. 5;
Tennessee, 1; Texas, 7; Virginia, 1.
Germany and U. S. Resume Relations.
Washington. —•Diplomatic relations
between Germany and the United
States were resumed officially when
Karl Lang, charge d'affaires from the
Berlin government, presented his let
. ters of credence and was received by
Secretary Hughes.
Railway Mileage Shows Decrease.
Chicago.—Railway mileage in the
United States declined 1,200 miles
during the y«?ar 1921 and u new low
record In Improvements made and
new equipment ordered and acquired
was made, According to figures com
piled by the Hallway Age. Locomo
tive and freight car records show the
smallest number ordered and the
smallest number built and delivered
since statistics have been kept. Only
in the number of passenger cars or
dered and built have there been low
er years.
Forge* Own Parole.
Montgomery. Ala—C. A. Leon alias
R. W. Jones, serving from two to
three years In the state prison for
second degree forgery, forged his
way to freedom from the Aldrlch
prison camp, according to the state
convict department.
Fire at Blddle University.
Charlotte. N. C— A loss of SIOO,OOO
was entailed in the destruction by
Are Of' the Industrial building of Bid
die university, maintained by the
Worth ara Presbyterian church.
AMERICAN IKES
NEtfl RECORD
EDWARD STINSON AND MECHAN
ICIAN IN AIR MORE THAN
TWENTY-SIX HOURS.
ESTABLISHES WORLD RECORD
Suffered Intensely From the Bitter
Cold—Stinson Unexcelled as
StuflMFlyer.
Mlneola, N. Y.—The Larson mono
| plane piloted by Edward Stinson,
| which broke .the world's continuous
' flying record of 24 hours, 19 minutes
| and 7 s4bonds, descended shortly af
l ter 11.15. a. in., after having been In'
j the air 26 hours, 19 minuted and 35
j seconds.
) Stinson. stationed at Kelly Field,
Texas, during the wai> as a civilian
instructor, because of his delicate
health, pnjbably trained more Ameri
can flyers than any one man.
Although more widely known to the
j west than in the east, Stinson has
1 participated In many big meets here,
j His acrobatics attracted particular at
tention during the Pan-American aero
| nautic convention in Atlantic City and
Ihe was labelled a whole "flying clr-
I cus."
| Happiest In an airplane, he climbs
! Into his seat with as little concern as
] the average citizen goes out for a
| motor ride. The love of flying runs
iln the family, for two sisters—Mar-
Ijorie and Catherine —also are adept
i pilots.
The pump used to inject oil into the
I lubricating system from the auxiliary
| oil tank, went out of commission at 3
| o'clock. The flyers punctured the
tank, set up a temporary tube and
I begun feeding the lubricating system
| by hand, taking turns at the controls
of the plane and at the oil tank.
Both men were almost blinded by
I oil when they descended. In addition
| they were suffering intensely from the
■bitter cold, for although the plane was
i equipped with a cabin. Stinson had
! not left his seat In the open cockpit
'since 4 a. .m.. and his mechiniclan
\ found little time to seek shelter.
! Three fingers on Stinson's right
I hand and one on his left were frozen.
| Bertaud's hands were numb,
j Stinson who halls from S:in Antonio,
Tex., and Bertaud, whose home Is in
New York, were a sorry .looking pair
when they stepped from, their ma
| chine. \
Their faces were smeared with oil
land their eyes bloodshot. Neither had
had a wink of sleep since they took
;off and Stinson said his only nour
! ishment had been a little coffee,
i Newspaper men found difficulty In In
tnrvlowlng Bertaud",v who had been
deafened by the roar of the motor.
DEBS FREED AS ACT OF GRACE
His Violation, of War Laws Unfon
given by Government, Says Mr.
Daugherty, in Statement.
J Washington.—Eugene V, Cebs, the
'socialist leader, was granted his free
dom from Atlanta federal penitentiary
lon Christinas by President Harding
solely as "an act of grace." His vio
lation of the war laws remain unfor
' given by the government.
This was disclosed by Attorney
'CJeneral Daugherty who made public
the text of his recomm>nd4tlons to
.the President in the Debs case,
j "It will be observed." Mr. Daugher
ty said, "that a pardon was not giant
|ed Debs, but that his sentence was
[commuted. The action of the Presi
dent in no wise condones the offense
[and relief was solely an act of grace.
The gratitude, of Debs will be meas
-1 ured by his conduct In the future."
i The. administration's theory of ac-
I flon in the Debs case, according to
Mr. Daugherty. is to be onsHered
|as the government's policy In rela
tion to others Imprisoned for viola
tion of war laws, of which classes of
'Offenders "probably no better case
 could be selected," he declared, than
that of Debs.
President Is Optir-iitic.
I Omaha. Neb. —Belief that the na
tional business situation Is going
'to '.mprove In 1922. was expressed by
! President Harding in a message made
public by "the Omaha Chamber of Com
! merce In connection with an enter
\ tainment in honor of traveling sales
linen who work out of Omhha. Presi
dent Harding said It was his earnest
hope that the traveling men "will
continue In the coming splen
did work for American business and
national confidence which they have
always conducted in the past.
Dead Babies Remain Unburied.
New York—The communists In Mos
| cow and Petrograd are reveling in lux
'uries of life while starvation is taking
| heavy tolls In the interior districts
j and heaps of dead babies remain un
buried. Carl E. Floete. the American
relle fadmlnlstratlon's representative
in the district of Pugatchov, declared.
He had Just returned to this country.
Lenine rode around Moscow In a luxu
rious automobile, he declared, and
the women's display of Jewelry ana
expensive furs outshone anything ever
Men in any other city.
New Postmasters to Go to School j
Washington. Beginning with I
ihe new year, under orders isSued j
by Postmaster General Hays, new- j
ly appointed postmaster will be ;
required to attend school, where
they will be taught, among other
things, how to meet the public,
their places in the community, how
through publicity to educate* the
people In the use of the malls,
low to handle complaints, guard
the malls and maintain proper re
ationship with the department.
Centfal accounting postoffices
j will be designated In each state ,
is schools for the instruction of
postmasters of the second and
hird classes, under the direction
if First Assistant Postmaster
General Word as "superintendent"
jf schools.
I |
FRENCH AND BRITISH IN CLASH
PLAIN SPOKEN DISCUSSION QF ,
THE POSSIBILITIES OF WAR
BEIiVEEN THEM.
French Delegates, Upon Instructions
From Paris, Talk With Air
of Finality.
H t
iw 1
Washington —Efforts to limit sub- ,
marine and auxiliary warships came j
J to an abrupt end after they had drawn i
j the French and British arms conf- :
I erence delegates into a plain-spoken ,
exchange over the possibilities of a
! future war between France and the j
I British 'empire.
The French, acting under renewed
I instructions from their government, j
iVold the conference naval committee ;
! with an air of finality that France
I must remain free to build a subma
| rlne flotilla nearly three times as
' great as that she now possesses and
] to construct, in addition, cruisers, de- \
stroyers and other auxiliary craft up j
i to a tonnage of 330,000.
j- To the proposal the Americans,!
; Japanese and Italians replied with j
! expressions of surprise and regret,.
| while the British charged openly j
j that such a building program must j
ibe regarded as a menace to British j
! shores, Arthur J. Balfour added ;
; that he had no doufit, if occasion ,
I arose. Great Britain would be equal
S to it, but only if she reserved com-;
| plete freedbnT~ol action as to the con- 1
j struction of all types of auxiliaries
j which might be useful against under
-1 water warfare.
Agreeing that further argument;
would be useless, the committee*,
j turned its attention to collateral sub- j
jjects, including regulations for fu- ,
j ture use of submarines, proposals for !
limitation of the size and armament of
[individual auxiliary vessels and details
!of the agreement already sealed in .
i principle regarding capital ships. j
j the American delegation, 'j
Elihu Root proposed a joint declara- >
I tion reaffirming the obligation of'
j submarine commanders to warn
[merchant ship* before attack, to re
| frain from sinking vpssels whose -
' crews and passengers could not first
ibe placed in safety, and to conform j
jin general to ail the established
practices on international law. In (
; addition. Mr. Root also suggested a
I change of existing usage to prohibit
j attacks on merchant vessels, alto
gether and to make submarine com
| manderti wbo violate the regulations
liable to trial as plrateS.
'
Big Increase in Crop Values.
Washington.—The country's Impor
tant farm crops were valued this year
at $5,675,877,000 based on prices paid j
to farmers on December 1, the depart- |
ment of agriculaure announced in its
! final estimates. 'The same crops, j
! which comprise 90 per cent of the val- I
jue of all farms crops, were valued |
i last year at 19,075,288,000.
The area devoted to Important i
[crops this year was 348.336,000
I acres, compared with 349.067,000!
acres last year. Final estimates of
j production and value announced in
j eluded:
Corn, production 3.081,251,000 bush-
I els. valued at $1,305,625,000.
j Winter wheat. 587.032,000 and $558,-
'725.000.
j Spring wheat, 20i,861,000 and $178,-
; 343,000:-
All wheat, 794 893,000 and $737,-
068.000.
Oats, 1,060,737,00 and $321,540,000.
Barley. 151,181,000 and $63,788,000.
Rye 57918,00fl and $54,680,000.
! Buckwheat 14,079,000 and $11,438,-
| 000.
j Flax seed 8,112.000 and $11,737,000^
Rice 39,653,000 and $28,189,000.
Potatoes 346.823,000 and $385,192.-
000.
! Sweet potatoes 98,660.000 and $86,--
910.000.
Hay (tanie) 81,657.000 and $989,093,-
000.
Hay (wind) 15.235.ft0» and $101,083,
000.
Cotton 8.340.000 and $674,877 000.
Tobacco 1.117,682,000 and $207,570,-
000.
i Cotton seeL 3,704,000 and $107,972.-
000. " *
Beet sugar 2 0?4 764.000 and blank.
Cane sugar 534.000.000 and blank.
Peanuts 816.465.000 and $32,288,000
Beans f.118,000 and $24.298.000.
Rockefeller's Daughter Gets Divorce.
Chicago.—Mrs. Edith R. McCormlck,
daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
millionaire oil king, was granted a
divorce from Harold F. McCormlck,
president of the International Harv
ester company, ia s«»4rior court
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
RAILROADS PUN 10
INSURE WORKERS
■
MANY RAILROADS OF COUNTRY
MAY FOLLOW STEP OF THE
DELAWARE & HUDSON.
BOTH LIFE AND DISABILITY
Group Insurance For All Who Have
Been With the Company For
Six Months or Longer.
New York. —Many railroads .if the
| country soon may insure their em-
I ployes, it was Indicated alter the
Delaware & Hudson company an
j nounced it had taken out group life
j and permanent disability Insurance
| for everyone who has been on its
j payroll six months or more.
Large insurance underwriters said
| that other railroads were negotiating
ifor similar protection for theL' em
i ployes.
j Each Delaware and Hudson em-
I ploye of two years' standing was.
I insured for SSOO, and those ia the
j service six months but less thai* two
I years for $250, the company pay
| the entire cost, and the men to se
| lect their own beneficiaries.
At death the insurance will be
paid in a lump sum, and to pt'ftna
| nently or totally disabled workers,
iln monthly installments. A plan uy
which the workers banded In class
I groups could Increase, the amount
to a maximum of $5,000 each, the
| company to pay part of the addi
i tional premium and the men the
; remainder, was also announced. In
addition the company said it had ar
ranged for the workers to take out
I "at exceedingly low rates" Insur
ance against accidents not covered
|by the workmen's compensation
j laws, loss of work through sickness
! and also unemployment.
Employes leaving the service for
any reason can exchange their cer
! tiflcates without medical examination
: for policies of the same amounts,
| paying the regular rates for their
; ages at the time of substitutions,
j Groups of \employes, consisting of
not - less than three-fourths of those
!in any one class, who desire insur
ance above SSOO, must apply for it
! before March 31, next. For each ad
ditional $1 000 the insured employe
1 must pay CO cents a month, the com
pany premium in excess of this
I amount.
Freed of Every Charge But One.
! Waukegan, Ills. Governor Len
; Small was freed of every charge
against him except that of conspiring
| with Lieutenant Governor Fred E.
| Sterling and I Vernon Curtis to de
fraud the state of $2,000,000 during
| Mr. Sterling's term as state treasurer,
j Governor Small issued a statement
declaring that "what occurred in the
circuit court of Lake county will lay
I bare to the public mind the methods
i employed arid the inspiration causing
: these indictments."
Relief Workers Banished.
Moscow. —Banishment to Totma, a
'small village in Vologa province more
khan 100 miles from Che railway, is
the penalty fmposed upon Dr. N. M.
! Kishkin and nine of his associates on
I the All-Russian committee for famine
I relief who were arrested three
j months ago just as they were pre-
I paring to leave for England to enlist
foreign aid in the battle against fam
ine.
Farmers Will Operate Stores.
Pittsburp.—Townspeople and farm
jetrs mast put themselves in an attl
j tude of making concessions or as ac
| alternative cooperative stores estab
lished by combinations of farmers
[will ultimately drive local merchants
out of the business, John M. Gillette,
of the University of North Dakota.
1 told the members of the American
| Soclalogical Society at Its annual
I meeting here.*
• Hawaiian Sugar Crop Short.
Honoulu. T H.—The sugfr produc
tion of the Hawaiian Islands for the
cron year beginning September 30.
1920. and ending September 30. 1921.
totaled only 539.196 tons, the Jowesi
In the past ten years. E. Faxon Bishop.
Active Spindles Increase.
4 Washington. Active cotton spin
dles in November aggregated 34,486,
.669 as compared with 34,221,646 In
November, 1920, the Department ol
Commerce announced through the
Census Bureau. Based on an activ
ity of 24 1-2 days for the month, the
| statement said, the average number
of spindles operated during Novem
ber was 36,074. Theße included:
Georgia. 2.473 824; North Carolina,
5.138,730. and South Carolina
692.
Christmas Liquor Take# Big Toll.
N«w - York.—Death, blindness and
i serious illness that have followed in
the wake of the Chrtstmas liquor
bottle inspired the King's county
grand Jury, sitting in Brooklyn, to
seek means of checking the distri
bution of pois med alcohol.
It was announced semiofficially
that the grand Jury would return a
report urging co-operation of grand
J«rle« and other law enforcement
agencies In the metropolitan area In
a campaign to punish purveyors of
wood alcohol "wkit^w"
BIG RECEPTION AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
OVER SIX THOUSAND RESPOND
TO INVITATION OF PRESIDENT
AND MRS. HARDING.
GATES OPEN TO THE POBLIG
Throngs Stand Outside In Wind and
Then File Through White House
Doors for Hours.
Washington. President and Mrs.
Harding threw the White House doors
open to the public for the first New
Year's reception held there for nine
years. The number responding to
the general invitation was officially
estimated at 6,500, many-of whom
Htood for hours in a biting wind and
in a slowly moving column of fours
which extended for blocks from the
Pennsylvania avenue portico.
The President and Mrs. Harding
met and shook hands with all-, a
physical feat of no mean ''magnitude
and one from which they showed'
more than a few signs of strain at
4 o'clock when the last person In the
line* had passed.
The official section was received
from 11 until 1 o'clock, and there
were approximately 2,000 partici
pating in it, headed by the cabinet,
the diplomatic corps, members of
congress, army and navy officers,
and the tygher officials of the govern
ment establishments. « The brilliant
uniforriis and gala dress kept the big
state rooms of the White House full
of color while the curving driveways
were jammed with automobiles.a The
numbers were swelled by the dele
gates and attendants upon the arms
conference, all resplendent in orders
and decorations.
The gafes of the White House en
closure were swung back at 2 o'clock
for the public to enter and, led by
the inevitable small boy, the head of
a long column which had dared "the
January breeze swept forward to the
'pillared entrance. A red-coated ma
rine orchestra, divided in two sections
so that by alternating continuous mu
sic could be maintained, began Its
program as the procession moved up.
The big doors were propped baoA
and for two hours the moving mas*
moved through the massive entrance,
its individual units jigging under th« f
combining stimulus of the music and
the cold. 4
Secret service men, ushers and
gold-corded military aides cut the
quadruple line down to single file,
once it was within the entrance.
Under their insistent instructions to
"keep your hands jn sight,' many
developed a tendency to put both
hands out in front above the waist
line and hold them there. Uni
formed policemen meanfhile combed
thfl Qolumn outside for cameras, re
lentlessly relieving their bearers by
taking the boxes away for deposit.
The presidential party stood in the
oval blue room just out of hearing
of the orchestra and the visitors pass
ed at the rate of 30 or 40 a minute.
This speed was attained through the
insistent pressure of aides and at
taches, and the President and Mrs.
Harding rose to the occasion, meet
ing the physical test practically with
out flagging. The crowd was thor
oughly cosmopolitan, representative
of many races and nationalities.
New Year a Marked Improvement.
Washington.—lndications that the
turn of the new year is being "mark
ed by a striking improvement in the
business and economic outlook" ol
the country and the world generally
were discussed by Comptroller of
Currency Crissinfier in a forecast for
1922.
There can be no doubt, Mr. Cris
singer said, that "both the political
and economic index figures'' are reg
,c-t°ring improvements at tfcib time
"when political and economic con
ditions so Intimately inter-act."
"Taking this wider view," he ad
d"d. V 'eel that we may 1)0* justified
in rewding Oie outlook as altogether
re assuring and that th? new year if
coming to us with guarantees thai
Justi*;.' the more optimistic fore
casts.*'
17 Bodies Removed From Dump.
El Paso, Texas— Seventeen bodies
•tvere removed from the dump of the
San Francisco del Oro mine, near
Parral, Chihuahua, where a cave-in
occurred December 28. burying a gang
of workmen.
News of the disaster wds brought
to El Paso by mining men here from
Parral. The number of dead is not
known here, but It Is reported there
were no survivors of the gang working
on the dump when the cave-In oc
curred.
Corn For Russian Relief.
Washington!— More th&ti S.OOO.PfO
bushels of corn has been bought by
the purchasing commission for Rus
sian relief and one shipload of 240.00(
bushels left TJe*' Orleams December
31. the American farm bureau federa
tlon said it had been informed by
Don LiYlngston. commissioner of Ag
rlculture of South Dakota. The con
has been bought. It was (aid. for de
livery on shipboard at New Orleans
Baltimore and N«w York.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
*. v
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS. ,
Wi!*nington. George H. Bellamy,
United States marshal for the east-'
era district of North Carolina, has
tendered his resignation to Attorney
General Dougherty, to take effect
when his successor has been-n&med
and has qualified for the office.
Kinston. —The LaGrange Bank and
Trust company, in business 13 months,.
has been closed by a state bank ex
aminer and unadjusted placed in the
hands of John G. Dawson, local attor
ney. Last week deposits were prac
tically paid out. About $1,300 is yet
unpaid, and thehe is SI,BOO with
which to pay it, it is understood.
Pinehurst. —George T,, Dunlap, Jr.,
of Summit, N. J., age 13, led a good
sized field by a margin of one stroke
in the qualifying round of Pinehurst's
first annual junior championship
toiTrnament and won the medal with
the remarkably good score of 45 for
the first nine holes of the difficult'
number three course.
Salisbury.—George W. Whitlock,
one of the best known of Salisbury's
older citizens, suffered a severe in
jury when he fell from a table on
which he was sitting* at his place of
business. Apparently Mr# Whitlock's
hip was broken.
Spencer.—Notices, have been placed
in the Spencer shops that on account'
of the business depression the shops
will remain closed until further no
tice. This statement was furnished
bjr the master mechanic's office in
Spencer and it is presumed the rule
applies to all shops on the Southern
railway system.
Greensboro. —Robert R. Motley, 50
year old merchant of West Lee street,
was in a critical condition in St. Leo's
hospital following a brutal attack
made upon him by a robber or rob
bers in his store.
Statesville. Luther Lee Sparks,
ags 14, son of M. L. Sparks, of Wilkes
vcounty, died in a local hospital as a
result of the accidental discharge of
a gun. While playing young Sparks
ran against a shotgun, acidently dis
charging it, and the load entered the
right side and leg, almost blowing off
the leg. ,
astonia. —L. E. Torrence, of Gasto
nia, route three, recently slaughtered
a hog that weighed 545 pounds. The
hog was only 15 months old. It -was
of the Duroc type. It will be seen
that the hog put on more than one
pound of meat per day during its life.
Kinston. The A ernational health
board will continue its experiments in
malaria in at least two easteVn Caro
lina 'counties the coming year. Thd
board during the past few months has
conducted-extensive surveys in Lenoir
and-Pamlico coiinties.
Gastonia—J. A. Lingfirfelt, of Dallas,
has just gathered a' second crofr of
apples from a tree on the estate
of E. L> Houser, where Mr. Lingerfelt
resides. This is very unusual, since
the tree first bore apples in May and
has during the warm November and
December days budded, bloomed and
brought forth a second crop as deli
cious as the first.
Hendersonville. — A modern three
story bank and office building on the
present site of this bank will be the
First liank & Trust Company's New
Year gift to Hendersonville. The di
rectors have so announced and have
already authorized E. G. Stillwell, ar
chitect, to proceed with plans for
the building. The plans call for a
three-story structure with a frontage
of 50 feet and a depth of 130 feet,
Thomasville. The advertisement
has gone forth to the world that Thom
asville wants and needs another bank
and an appeal has been made for a
man or men, with capital, to come in
at this opportune moment and inyest
their capital in such an^institution.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. *— Deputy Sheriff
A. W. Miller, of Johnson City, was se
roiusly wounded when he was shot
four times by Clarence Smith, ot
Spruce Pine, N. C., who was under ar
rest on a charge of having whiskey on
his person when he shot the officer.
Asheville. Flags were placed at
half-mast in Asheville in respect to
ex-Governor Bickett, well known and
generally loved by the people of this
city, even those who in their politi
cal belief did not agree with North
Carolina's late governor.
Mebane. —Mebane is out ot the mud.
For the past two years Mebane streets
have been torn up, at first on account
of putting in a complete water and
sewerage disposal system, and due
to this fact, it was almost Impossible
to get through the town As soon as
the water and sewer system was com
pleted, a contract was let to R. G.
Lassiter ft Co. for paving the principal
streets. Work was begun on this
paving on September 1 last, and to
day the main streets through the
town are pared and the public (SUM
drive through on fine asphalt streets.
SAYS CALOMEL
SALIVATES AND
LOOSENS TEETH
The Very Next Dose of Thir
Treacherous Drug May
Start Trouble.
A
You know what calomel is. It's mer
cury; quicksilver. Calomel is danger
ous. It crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, cramping and sickening you~
Calomel attacks the bones and should
never be put Into your system. t
If you feel bilious, headachy, consti
pated and all knocked out, just go to
your druggist and get a bottle of Dod
son's Liver Tone for si few cents which
is a harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful
and if it doesn't stah: your liver and
straighten you up better and, quicker
than nasty calomel and without making
you sick, you just go buck and get your
money.
Don't take calomel 1 It makes you
sick the next day; it loses you a day's
work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightens
you right up and you feel great. No
salts necessary. Give It to the children
because it is perfectly harmless and
can not salivate. —Advertisements
CATS FOLLOW FISH DEALER
Animals of Sheepsheafl Bay Regularly
Take the Trail of the Peddler
of Sea Food.
Like the p'ed piper, tlie Sheepshead
Bay fish dealer has a following of cats
as he pushes his cart through the resi
dence section on Friday morning, says
the New York . Sun, The cats for
blocks away hear his shrill cry of
"Fresh fish!" or perhaps smell his
cargo and come slyly through the
streets for a chance at a delectable
bit of sen food.
When the fisliman gets a customer
he cleans and scales the fish on the
ground. This Is the chance for the
neighborhood cats. Their part of tlie
feast consists of the discarded heads
and tails of fluke and sea bass.
Obtaining a prized portion, most of
the cats break for home to enjoy 4he
repast, while others not so fortunate
hang on ( tlie peddler's heels and fol
low him about until he finally makes
a sale and permits them to profit on
his loss.
DANDERINE
Stops Hair Coming Out;
Thickens, Beautifies.
35 cents buys a bottle of "Dander
ine" at any drug store. After one ap
plication you can not find a particle
of dandruff or a falling hair. Besides,
every hair shows new life, vigor, bright
ness, more color and abundance. —Ad-
vertisement. -
He Was Only Sparring.
Judge—A few minutes ago you
swore that you were only sparging
with the plaintiff and that was what
Injured him. Now we have proved
that you struck him over the head
with a blunt Instrument. Why did you
lie?
Prisoner —I was telling the exact
truth, your honor; IW Was a piece of
spar I hit him with.
Ballroom Dancing.
The enrliest form of ballroom danc
ing, was the quadrille, started about
'lßls. This was followed by the lan
cers, Invented In 1836. The polka was
adopted in 183f>. The waltz, which
came from Germany, in 1795, did not
become popular as a ballroom dance
till later. The two-step is an Ameri
can invention.
V X
Don't Forget Cuticura Talcum
When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisite face, skin, baby and dust
ing-' powder and perfume, rendering
othef- perfumes superfluous. You may
rely on It because one of the Cuticura
Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum).
2!5c each everywhere.—Advertisement.
Knowledge.
Edward, age four, fell and hurt him
self and his mother fully expected
him to cry, but was agreeably - sur
prised when he did not.
"Oh, you are a little man. aren't
you? Men don't cry," said his mother.
"No, but they cuss," Edward'mid,
knowing! y f — —
The Literalist. .
"Where's your car?"
"In a repair shop." : ,
"Did you meet with an accident?"
"No, It overtook me. I was the vio
itm of a rear-end collision."—Binning,
ham Age-Herald.